1 Samuel 11:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.”
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“And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he inspecteth them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 11:8 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 1:4When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
- Judges 20:2The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.
- 1 Samuel 13:15Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
- 1 Samuel 15:4So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
- 2 Samuel 24:9And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
- 2 Kings 3:6So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 17:12Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
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